WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen

The title really does not capture you in, does it? I had to read this book for a book club, and it did not sound that great. It is based in the time when the circus just started and how people actually made a living (if you could call it that) with the traveling circus. It is about a boy that just graduated and is supposed to be a dentist and decides to hop on a train and travel with the circus instead. It is really a good book, something so different from normal books and the author really did her research, so even though she made up most of the story, it is based on her research. It is filled with crazy characters and you really root for the guy in this one. If you are sick of reading the same types of book, this one will be good.